Do You Like Snails In Your Tank???

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I added some snails to my tank and I was wondering what people think about having snails, are they ...

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I added some snails to my tank and I was wondering what people think about having snails, are they a nuisance? etc. Please VOTE and leave a REPLY if you want too. Also say why you like or dislike them please.

I used to have a giant Colombian ramshorn in my tank but it kept uprooting plants so I removed it. That being said however I don't mind having them in the tank because they really clean up excess food and other wastes. I can't seem to get a colony of any small snails to establish because my newts eat them, but I have large colony of limpets(super tiny snail like animals) that is quite well established in my tank. I believe that they are a great help in maintaining a healthy tank environment.

I had two mystery snails in my fish tank that has two eastern newts. It also has like 6 assassin snails that reproduced about a month or so ago. Ever since I got the assassins, the pondscum snails are gone! The theory is that they come with the fish flakes...and we certainly had a lot of them.

I always had snails and ignored them, with no bad effects. Then last week I purchased a huge snail at the petshop. Next day, 7 out of 11 iberian ribbed newts in the tank were dead. The surviving four I removed and are still alive, but not eating well. I have over fifty iberian ribbed newts is five other tanks. None showed any signs of problems. I was wondering if anyone else had similar experiences? The snail was dead two days later.

I don't mind having snails in my tank, however the only problem I have had with them is they are now in my canister filter just going to town. Went to clean it out a couple weeks ago and they have eggs everywhere.

I actually want to start a snail/shrimp tank! Then use it as my supply for my other tanks :)

I'm in Florida so our weather might be pretty close. I literally leave cherry/pumpkin shrimp outside with some shade so the water doesn't go over 90 degrees. Crazy number of snails, shrimp, hydras, and copepods grow. I used to have daphnia as well, but I am assuming the hydras ate them all. No feeding required because it is a dirted tank and algae grows like wildfire. Just need to top the water off once a month.

I put some snails in my tank, one pond snail and a lot of unidentified ones. They are small but growing bigger, none are bigger that 2 cm. Anyway, I don't know what they eat, apparently they eat waste? But I was looking at one of my plants and half the stalk was eaten! I am pretty mad because it was my healthiest and fastest growing stalk. Could a snail have eaten it? Do they eat plants as well? I just thought they helped keep a tank clean and provide extra food, but I didn't think they would eat my plants! Is it a snail that ate part of my stalk do you think?

I thought about buying a snail for my tank today. I decided that I'd wait till later to buy one. I'm glad I decided that. I was looking at my tank thinking, "Gee, I wonder what that brown speck on the glass is?" Turns out to be a tiny snail that came in with a plant or something. I am happy about that haha

I love snails! I wish i had a bigger variety of them, but all i have is tons of ramshorns and some bladdersnails. The malaysian trumpets die out when the temperatures drop in winter, same for Neritina and Clithon. I need to collect some local snails. I'd love applesnails but they eat plants and that doesn't suit me.

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The theory is that they come with the fish flakes...and we certainly had a lot of them.